Anyone else think it was going to turn into a Hitchcockian murder deal?
Spoilers ahead, obviously.
When they first were both in the water relaxing, it was incredibly beautiful and meditative. Then the bearded dude got out and told his story, which was kind of interesting but at the same time bugged me because I wanted to go back to the reflective moment that preceded it (which made me think of the other springs where talking was forbidden--maybe that was the point?).
Then comes the neckrub scene. I had the impression the bearded guy was a little imbalanced, and the other guy seemed a little alarmed ("hey, what's going on?"), so there was something in this filmic language that to me set off an alarm of "uh oh". Like the bearded guy had decided that if their friendship wasn't the same, if his friend was sinking into what he perceived as some domestic hell, he should just kill him to put him out of his misery or something.
Obviously that didn't happen, and this was meant to once again be a relaxing scene once the initial discomfort faded. So it's too bad I was tense through that whole part as it seems it was not intended by Reichert. Was this a weird quirk on my part, or did Reichert inadvertently give a cue that other people responded to as well? I'm curious to know if I'm the only one.
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